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<blockquote data-quote="chrstn" data-source="post: 1118830" data-attributes="member: 174184"><p>Hi there!</p><p></p><p></p><p>I am trying to use a recently purchased WD passport on my Macbook Pro.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I have been googling and come across various sources saying that I have to partition the drive, but I am unsure of what this means and how exactly to do it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I already selected that I wanted to use TimeMachine with the device, and then began trying to do a backup. It was working, but moving extremely, extremely slow, so I stopped it because I felt as though something was wrong. Then I tried to do some research on the WD website, which was unhelpful, but ultimately discovered that I probably needed to reformat the drive.</p><p></p><p></p><p>My main concerns are:</p><p></p><p>1) I do not want to use TimeMachine if that means I can only access my backed up files through this computer. I am most interested in having the external hard-drive so that if this computer crashes I have everything saved. Should I make it so that the drive doesn't use time machine? And if so, how?</p><p></p><p>2) I am unclear about what partitioning does to the drive and exactly how I should be doing it. I have yet to see a step-by-step process for someone who is semi computer dumb. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Any help would be soo appreciated!!! Thanks in advance <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chrstn, post: 1118830, member: 174184"] Hi there! I am trying to use a recently purchased WD passport on my Macbook Pro. I have been googling and come across various sources saying that I have to partition the drive, but I am unsure of what this means and how exactly to do it. I already selected that I wanted to use TimeMachine with the device, and then began trying to do a backup. It was working, but moving extremely, extremely slow, so I stopped it because I felt as though something was wrong. Then I tried to do some research on the WD website, which was unhelpful, but ultimately discovered that I probably needed to reformat the drive. My main concerns are: 1) I do not want to use TimeMachine if that means I can only access my backed up files through this computer. I am most interested in having the external hard-drive so that if this computer crashes I have everything saved. Should I make it so that the drive doesn't use time machine? And if so, how? 2) I am unclear about what partitioning does to the drive and exactly how I should be doing it. I have yet to see a step-by-step process for someone who is semi computer dumb. Any help would be soo appreciated!!! Thanks in advance :) [/QUOTE]
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